AIC-CCMB begins innovation yatra to catalyse science entrepreneurship in Telangana
The centre offered a variety of student-focused activities, including entrepreneur-in-residence, social innovation, and student innovation programmes
- City News
NewsTAP Bureau- Updated On:4 Jan 2023 7:24 AM GMT
HYDERABAD: The Atal Incubation Centre - CCMB, the startup incubator of the Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, on Tuesday launched their Telangana innovation yatra on campus.
The AIC-CCMB Gran Tourism (Grand Tour) would visit colleges in Warangal and Siddipet districts between January 4 and 6, 2023, with the goal of catalysing student innovations to drive India's bio-economy.
The tour was intended to promote entrepreneurship in Telangana's smaller cities and towns, particularly among students studying biotechnology, pharmacy, biology, and other fields. Despite the fact that India's youngest state has created a pioneering ecosystem for start-ups, deep tech entrepreneurship remains confined to large cities.
Dr. Madhusudana Rao, CEO of AIC-CCMB said on the occasion “We believe that innovation should not be confined by geography, or the lack of resources. Through this innovation yatra, we aim to promote innovators and entrepreneurs in the life sciences sector, engage with them in meaningful ways and provide them with a platform for their inventions. We will offer students from various colleges a chance for pre-incubation incentives, expert guidance, and even funding for their start-up. In the long run, we hope to strengthen the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem in every corner of Telangana”.
Dr. Manjula Reddy, acting Director, CCMB said, “AIC-CCMB is doing a commendable job in making the young PhD students of CCMB into successful innovators. This program is a great initiative taken by AIC-CCMB to instil entrepreneurship in young research scholars across the state of Telangana and we hope that they will also be successful in making future innovators from this part of the country”.
The centre offered a variety of student-focused activities, including entrepreneur-in-residence, social innovation, and student innovation programmes. The Gran Tourism run by AIC-CCMB would stop at the National Institute of Technology and SR Engineering University in Warangal, the Surabhi Institute of Medical Sciences in Siddipet, the B.V. Raju Institute of Technology in Narsapur, and the MLR Institute of Technology in Dundigal, Hyderabad.
